by hamkid » Fri May 28, 2021 5:18 pm
It's been a hot second since I've posted here, hasn't it?? I've returned, for ever since I've been hyperfixating on Henry Stickmin, there has been a lot of Hmms going through my mind
And hooooohh boy hold on tight for a quick sec 'cause I think I typed a... Whole lot more than I planned on typing... Note that these opinions rely a lot on personal headcanons, but not all of it.
There's several ships I'm not so sure about personally, but one of the first that comes to mind is Rightmin, Coppermin and Copperightmin (Right Hand Man and/or Reginald with Henry). I suppose it's because... Henry kinda sorta turned Right into sushi??? You know? Henry's kinda sorta totally the reason he's a cyborg and all, yaknow. To add to that, in routes where Henry does not join the Toppats, these two are usually trying to kill eachother? I mean... Revenged especially, because Henry kills Right. For the second time. Yup. As for Coppermin? Yeah... Betrayed and Revenged again. Reg betraying Henry, throwin' him off the airship and ultimately killing him and then Henry getting revived and immediately seeking revenge, which leads to... Henry and Reg just... Killing eachother... Coppermin and Rightmin I just can't really see being much of a healthy thing, I guess, but i digress. A lot of Stickmin ships rely on personal headcanons, to each their own opinion. Speaking of headcanons, I personally tend to think Henry's in his late 20's and Reg n' Right are in their mid-late 40's, so... Mmmmyup. That's another reason I can't quite personally wrap my head around it, I s'pose. Headcanoning all three to be in their 30's seems to be a common headcanon, from what I've seen, maybe. It varies greatly.
Next up I'll mention Bucketbot (Buckethat and Topbot). I'm not quite sure about anyone else, but... I just see Topbot as, well, just some kind of robot, I guess. Maybe a sort of AI at most, but certaintly not one that's super advanced? I can't imagine the bot would be able to experience romantic attractions, but again, that might just be me. I simply just don't think Topbot is that far advanced - not to the point of being able to conciously fall in love, or even act on its own accords (Charles hacking into Topbot kind of makes me think it isn't like... I guess sentient for lack of better words???), and I just,, cannot quite see Buckethat fallin' in love witha robot,, I dunno, this one's a bit harder for me to explain. And I'm probably interpreting Topbot all wrong. No clue what I'm supposed to think of it. Either way, I think something about Bucketbot just rubs me the wrong way a little? I really have no clue about this one...
Thirdly, Radsir (Randy and Sir Wilford)! Ohhhhh... Where do I start with this one... Look. I would not be lying if I said Randy was one of my biggest comfort characters at the moment, and I love Wilford to death too, but... Ehhh... I really have no idea what to say here. There's very little info about the past Toppat leaders, so again, basically everything runs on headcanons here. I reckon a lot of it has to do with conflictin' headcanons or somethin' of the sort. I have no idea what the general fandom views the ages of these two to be (mid-30's? 40's? I personally cannot see Randy being in his 40's), but I for one, as of their respective leaderships, always imagined Randy to be in his 20's and Wilf to be in, god, what, his 50's? Not just that, I... Don't know if these two are even alive at the same time in my timeline's headcanons... Even if they are, Wilf's... real old when Randy's real young. It just ain't a thing that could ever be in my timeline. To add, clashing personalities! Again, just a me thing, but I feel like Wilford would not quite be able to take Randy's, uh, high amounts of energy and would just get tired of his nonsense real fast. The serious guy who despises incompetence and the wild partygoer who has no idea how to properly spend and save money. But, as I said, Radsir, alongside all past Toppat leader ships, all come down to how you like to see it.
[Also, from a canon standpoint, these two... Very well of maybe not been alive at the same time. Randy's a lot further back in the supposed canon timeline than Wilf despite the fact Randy looks... Fresh out of the 1990's?? Of course, there's no real way to tell who took over when, or how long everyone ruled exactly. But that really doesn't matter if you chose to ignore the canon order of what leader ruled when! I think most people chose to ignore the supposed canon order - I know I do too! As I have put Randy to be a lot more recent in my fanon timeline, and et cetera.]
Dave and Kurt (I do not remember the ship name for this one???). They're working partners, but I don't think I can see them being romantic partners without it being kind of poorly off? Dave just wants to have a conversation and Kurt tells him to shut up. I'm not sure, I just don't think it'd be a great match, personally.
Stickprice (Henry and Rupert.) Ah, the history of these two. Escaping the Prison. Henry gets arrested, Rupert's a cop, goes and tells him he's free but it was a lie, laughs. Henry escapes, and by god does he knock Rupert unconcious with a section of metal bar. Stealing the Diamond. Henry's, well, stealing the diamond. Ope, but here comes Rupert [and Johnny], in a police cruiser, going to chase Henry down. Henry, uhm. Kills Johnny. (what is it with henry, talking about these ships and killing people?? i mean, he IS a criminal, but MAN) Rupert had to watch him get hit by a rock and fall out of the cruiser. Wouldn't be too surprised if that tramuatized Rupe to some degree, to be frank. Infiltrating the Airship. Government catches Henry. Tells him the charges against him will be dropped if he helps the gov't take down the Toppats. Surprise, Rupert's joined the gov't now, he's in the helicopter with Henry. Doesn't he raise his gun at Henry a bit? It's been a while since I've checked, but moral of the story... These two just don't have a good past with eachother at all, to be honest. Just another ship I can't see, but maybe you can. Enemies to lovers perhaps? I don't know, but perhaps you do? To each their own.
Long story short, though: There are a LOT of ships for this silly little stickman game and a lot of different opinions on them, and everyone has their own little special headcanon and their own fanons and own little ships, and we can't all agree on them collectively, but that's okay. You do you. You ship whatever funky little stick ships you want, so long as it's all good and healthy and such in your headcanons.